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hey everyone and welcome to another review by Jim's review room today we'll be looking at the Nabi 2 and before I get started here if you can please comment below on what you're planning and purchasing your child for this upcoming holiday season and hopefully they've been good all year I'm just curious to know and I'm actually needing some ideas myself as well but getting back on track here the Nabi 2 is a tablet designed specifically for kids and I have to say I'm really impressed by this tablet I'm really shocked at what it actually offers and its delivery of content as well so without further ado let's get started the specific model I have here is the Nabi 2 for $179 retail this Nabi comes as a standard tablet but is wrapped with this beautiful red silicone housing which is removable now behind the silicone the tablet is pearl white and it's actually hard plastic construction it's a very strong yet durable product with no signs of flex even a small touch of plastic located here are raised so if your child places this face down without the cover on the screen won't scratch this odd-looking metal plate on the back here it's designed to mount accessories to personalize this tablet to how to do a little bit of research on that you can purchase letters put pictures of ninja turtles I think that's the going accessory right now and also available is a kickstand specifically for the Navi the after mention can all be purchased on the Nabi tablet website now moving along here the dimensions are as follows on the screen and the measurements are with the silicone cover on and the unit comes in weighing at one point three one pounds so starting with a top of the tablet here you have your valium and power buttons and to the right Navi including connections which some adult and high-end tablets don't even have there's your three-and-a-half millimeter headphone port and HDMI connection micro USB port a micro SD slot for expanding memory up to 32 gigs any outlet for plugging into the wall charger now the very bottom has a microphone and the very left doesn't have anything at all now the front face of the tablet has a 2 megapixel camera that also records in 720p resolution and unfortunately there's no rear camera in regards to the quality it's not a stellar camera but being a kid's tablet it's definitely enough for them no other notable features that we can't see in this tablet includes built-in Wi-Fi to connect to your home internet or about in a Bluetooth 3.0 connection now getting a bit deeper into this review the Nabi 2 comes with a 7 inch screen that features a resolution of 1024 by 600 and for my review again for a kid's tablet it looks actually good the resolution is almost identical to the iPad minis resolution which is 1024 by 768 and that's a premium tablet now you won't have the crisp images similar to the likes of the Kindle Fire HDX or a Nexus 7 but both of those tablets again their adult tablets and they start off at $229 and again this tablet is meant for kids before I get into the apps and software what also is important is ensuring the tablet will run as it should now if you're not the tablet runs on Android more than likely the same software that you have on your smartphone unless you have an iPhone though but Android powers this tablet with a arm7 quad-core processor and a Tegra 3 graphics engine so you'll know the interface and experience will go without a hitch since its built on the foundation of a solid program and from solid companies Android is developed by Google and the Tegra chap is developed by Nvidia or some people pronounce it Nvidia which is also well known and well respected it's a graphics card company for both desktops and laptops so overall the tablet typing is responsive video playback through YouTube comm responds instantly and the entire time I've had the tablet I have a running across any hitches or hiccups so if over odds have been a very smooth experience so regarding its interface and usability the tablets home page is where every child will start it includes apps and icons already pre-loaded now the interface is very simple and for a good reason of course and there's mommy and daddy mode where you can customize your kids experience in your own as well but I'll get into that a little bit later there for you now the child interface swipes like any other tablet in which you'll eventually find apps such as a camera gallery and some fun apps in there as well such as coloring and in a set of electronic drums now on the following page the web app is available a child can go onto the internet with the built-in Wi-Fi now what's great about this is the parents are the only ones allowed to add which websites kids can visit as you can see on the screen only those displayed are able to be viewed now as a parent let's assume I'm allowing my child to visit the lego website and needed to add that website to this list now the tablet prompts the parent to enter in their password and at this time I enter in the web address and then the title I'm just going to call it Lego com now the child will have access to Lego comm ed to me as a parent it's much more convenient to add what websites to allow rather than providing an adult tablet then entering every website to not allow so moving forward here me genius is an app that offers an array of books that already comes with the tablet and they're all read along children books where a person reads and highlights the words as your child follows of course you can purchase more through the tablet but again having 30 books already loaded that's a huge plus again all free now spin let's and I believe that I pronounce it spin let's music and TV are two paid services spin let's music lets you hear sample music of every track and an album and practically every genera of music is available through the kids mode only kid appropriate music is available both for purchase and sampling and each song is a dollar and 29 cents and as for spin let's TV it's an unlimited children's video streaming service for only 2099 a month and they're all child's save TV programs such as and this is from what I can see in the picture here Paddington Bear Inspector Gadget Madeline the busy world of Richard Scarry and of course is much more as well the next type of which I'm a huge fan of is the chore list and the treasure box and I can create a list of chores for my child to perform and my child will on a daily basis check it off after they have completed that specific task now in my opinion it's an excellent and fun way to help my child learn organization responsibility and prioritizing and with this chore app I can also customize the list and not just use the pre-built ones what's also unique is there's a reward system for completed chores over time your child will earn Nabby coins in which they can eventually go to the treasure box and exchange those coins for apps and other fun games to play my child can actually see the sense of accomplishment and working hard towards a goal now the last thing I wanted to touch base on before I spoke about the education aspect of the tablet is mommy and daddy mode now I go into daddy mode which offers a main home base for everything from adding and removing apps by my own music now which is uncensored and from my personal news only to reviewing my child's progress on her tablet now I can also personally Skype if I needed to and there's a separate web browser for me that has no restrictions I can surf the Internet at my own will I can always purchase more apps to supplement my child's learning as she grows through the app zone in mommy and daddy mode the app zone also shines by providing free apps for download and there's a very good amount of them to there ranging from just games to additional learning apps again there's there's free apps besides ones that you do have to purchase so overall as a quick overview mommy and daddy mode does offer something to the parent as well the only things that you wouldn't be able to do like a regular adult tablet is access Google Play or the App Store so a lot of the adult apps won't be available unfortunately you don't have access to let's say for example Shazam Instagram or even the official YouTube app and they will not be available but again this tablet is designed for your child it's not really not for you going back to your kids interface all you would have to do is click down that Nabi mode icon and then your kit can be off running with a tablet again and you know doing his or her own thing so now regarding learning and education there's your four main subject areas to the right math English social studies and science now upon opening those you or your child can select either their grade level or degree of difficulty and the content is actually pretty staggering as well and I'll show it on screen what I mean here we'll use 1st grade math as an example after I select my grade level I can choose a math topic here there's seven topics in total and we'll just choose the first one here just for simplicity sake and after that opens as you can see there's 15 more modules or lessons and just adding and subtracting alone so the content is nice but most of the content from my experience is dominantly quizzes the teaching aspect is a bit lacking in my opinion the example shown here is in is with math as you can see you read the one example provided and then you're off taking a quiz it's the same thing for science as well it's not too deep or not deep at all into explaining in providing reasoning for such topic now for English you're provided with a paragraph and you start the quiz right afterwards to test your comprehension and memory and only for social studies of video plays with information to be later tested on with quizzes provided now I look at this first as a negative but then realized the Nabi 2 is technically a kid tablet and not necessarily an educational tablet like the ones manufactured by leapfrog I've also thought like any other educational tool it's to supplement my child's learning from both school and the parents it would have been nice to see more of a teaching aspect or a lesson based program offered but yet again there's of course is built-in in so much more content beyond that that's probably the only flaw that I can think of in my overall experience with this tablet it's a very good kid tablet altogether so overall the Nabi 2 is a very solid quality built product with features you actually see on high end tablets such as a HDMI port to view it on the big screen and expandable memory a good display with a processor enough for a child and there's just so much more that this product offers but the one that is missing is the teaching aspect I was a little bit like I said drawn back by that but again it's a minor downfall it's not detrimental as a whole I still believe this is a great tool and a fun way to supplement your child's learning well knowing as a parent there's absolutely nothing on this tablet that could get your child into trouble and not only bad websites but the tablet is not heavy on gaming and social media now perks on the chore list and the treasure box are truly a bonus as well so I'd say this is worth a buy if you're in the market for a kid tablet so that's it for my review if there's anything that I left out please comment below to help out fellow youtubers out there as always please like this video and subscribe to my channel again it's gems review room for future alerts to new products and be sure to visit facebook.com slash gems review room again this is Jimmy from Jim's review room take care everyone have a good day take care bye